Long Term Study of Canakinumab (ACZ885) in Patients With Gout

Summary

This 24-week open-label extension study is designed to provide additional long-term safety data up to a total of 1-year for patients rolling over from the core study, and to collect further efficacy and tolerability data for all the patients, irrespective whether they have an acute flare of gout or not. Patients will be treated on demand with canakinumab (ACZ885) in this extension study.

Timeline

Start

2009-06-05

Primary completion

2010-08-04

Completion

2010-08-04

Publications

• Results Schlesinger N, Mysler E, Lin HY, De Meulemeester M, Rovensky J, Arulmani U, Balfour A, Krammer G, Sallstig P, So A. Canakinumab reduces the risk of acute gouty arthritis flares during initiation of allopurinol treatment: results of a double-blind, randomised study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Jul;70(7):1264-71. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.144063. Epub 2011 May 3.

Drugs

Indications